How to say “difference” in 43 languages
Every one of these is a word that turns up in ordinary speech, not a dictionary curiosity — the number beside it is where it ranks in that language.
It is commonest in Turkish, where fark is the 316th most used word.
- Afrikaans verskil #908
- Albanian ndryshim #896
- Basque desberdintasun #1,974
- Bengali পার্থক্য #703
- Bosnian razlika #1,477
- Bulgarian разлика #1,168
- Catalan diferència #1,214
- Croatian razlika #1,531
- Czech rozdíl #1,083
- Danish forskel #1,170
- Dutch verschil #1,186
- Esperanto diferenco #2,327
- Estonian erinevus #2,302
- Finnish erossa #1,840
- French différence #1,402
- German unterschied #1,528
- Greek διαφορά #974
- Hebrew וולט volt; the potential difference across a… #1,777
- Hindi अंतर difference, distinction, peculiarity, property #1,960
- Hungarian különbség #1,887
- Icelandic munur #2,162
- Indonesian berbeda to have difference; to be different #366
- Italian differenza #1,200
- Lithuanian skirtumas #519
- Macedonian разлика #501
- Malay berbeza to have difference; to be different #449
- Malayalam വ്യത്യാസം #477
- Norwegian forskjell #1,763
- Persian فرق #621
- Polish różnica #1,840
- Portuguese diferença #1,064
- Russian разница #1,299
- Serbian razlika #1,459
- Slovak rozdiel #570
- Slovenian razlika #704
- Spanish diferencia #1,120
- Swedish skillnad #1,363
- Tagalog diperensiya difference; distinction #2,446
- Tamil வித்தியாசம் difference, disparity #774
- Telugu తేడా #991
- Turkish fark #316
- Ukrainian різниця #1,427
- Urdu اختلاف discord, clash, difference, disagreement,… #1,921
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.